Improved eaves-trough bracket



- tlniil ww Jos-EPH W.. GILLEsPiE, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO.

Lette'rs Patent No. 88,626, dated April 6, 1869.

IMPROVED EAVES-TRO'UG-H Y BRACKET.

Hypw The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. G1LLnsPIn,ofAlli ance, in the State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Eaves-Trough Brackets; and I do hereby declare that the following` is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference' being had to the accompanying drawings and letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation.

This invention consists in providing au caves-trough bracket with a recess at the front end to receive the bead of the trougli,ai1d witlraJ lip or hook at the rear end to hold the back edge of the trough, and with a screw projecting from the rear end of the bracket, and cast solid therewith, for purposes of attachment.

'lo enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Similar letters inthe drawings refer to like parts.

In the drawings- Y A representshn eaves-trough bracket of cast-iron, provided at its front end with a recess, a, of suitable dimensions to receive the bead b of the trough B, and provided at its rear end with a hook, c', to hold the back edge ofthe trough'.` \Vheu the trough is placedv in these brackets the back edge is rst introduced under the hook b, and then the bead b sprung into the recess a. lhese two devices serve to hold-tbe trough firmly in place without any other fastening, the trough being made a little wider than the distance between a. and a', so that its own elasticity may keep it in place. At the same time, the bead may be sprung out of the recess c on the application of suicient force.

l am aware that the patent of W. Yapp, August 15, 1865, exhibits certain devices which the foregoing considerably resemble. I have therefore added to them an improving feature not shown in Yapps patent, viz, the screw c cast solid with the bracket. This peut makes the whole article complete in itself, thus avoiding the inconvenience consequent upon the loss of a separate screw. It furthermore diminishes the cost of manufacture, as in any case there must be a screw, and if it be not cast with the bracket, a socket, like Yapps, must be provided for it at additional expense.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters The bracket A, provided with the recess c, the hook c', and the screw c, cast solidwith it, substantially as 

